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What Can We Do?

March 22, 2011
By Black_Veil_Bridesmaid GOLD, Frisco, Texas
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&quot;Sui.icide is not cowardly. What is cowardly is making somebody hurt so much they want to kill themselves.&quot; Ashley Purdy<br /> &quot;Money can&#039;t buy happiness, but it can buy bacon, and thats pretty much the same thing.&quot; Andy Biersack<br /> &quot;Your not alone&quot; Andy B

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What can you do?
When people push you down
and you stop believing in yourself,
what can you do?
When you try to suppress me,
And drive your will against mine,
What can I do?
Sticks and stones may break my bones,
But words will forever scar me.
So what can I do?

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LittleSully GOLD said...
on Apr. 3 2012 at 3:27 pm
LittleSully GOLD, Elmwood Park, Illinois
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I really like this poem. I have days when I feel like people are pushing me down instead of pulling me up, and I love what you did with the line "But words will always scar me. It's amazing